[ale] Zyxel Prestige 642 login and passwd

[Keith R. Watson]

At 10:42 AM 11/28/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Wanted to post the good news after diving into upgrading the Linksys DSL
>Router (1port version).  Upgraded to 1.36 (latest version of firmware).
>Now I haven't had any problems with losing the PPPoE connection.  DynDNS
>is working like a charm.  Router is very stable now.  I did need to
>enable PPP keepalives.  Just wanted to pass this on.
>Dow

Dow,

I was going to tell you that I have been using the Linksys and upgraded it 
to firmware v1.36 and it has been working fine but you beat me to it. I 
have had it up for about a 1.5 months with no problems. The connection has 
dropped 3 times and in each case the Linksys could not seem to re-establish 
a PPPoE session. Power cycling the bridge and the router fixed the problem. 
This weekend I had one 24 hour period in which the PPPoE would stay up a 
maximum of 5 minutes before requiring a power cycle of the bridge and 
router. However, yesterday it was back to it's usual rock solid 
connections. I can only assume that the problem was with my line or with 
Earthlink.

I have been doing testing of IPSEC and have had problems with SMB mounts 
over the tunnel. I have not been able to determine where the problem is 
yet. I could be with the Linksys' implementation of IPSEC/NAT tunneling, 
PPPoE, or with the IPSEC software. I hope to complete the testing in the 
next month.

I have come to some conclusions though.

1. PPPoE is a pain. It is so much easier to troubleshoot
    the system when you have fixed IP or DHCP.

2. The Linksys does a nice job of sharing the connection for
    general surfing and keeping people off my machines. For
    most people a product like the Linksys is a great idea.

3. I need to do a lot more testing to determine what the
    limitations are of this type of technology.

4. Cool toys are getting cheaper.

happy surfing,
keith
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Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/AIST
Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Institute of Technology
keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
404-894-0836
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